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Microcontroller basics, microcontroller projects

Microcontroller basics, microcontroller projects. Bioinstrumentation by Design BENG401 Fall 2009. uProcessors < uControllers < SoCs. Microprocessors ( uP ) differ from microcontrollers ( uC ).

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Microcontroller basics, microcontroller projects

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  1. Microcontroller basics,microcontroller projects Bioinstrumentation by Design BENG401 Fall 2009

  2. uProcessors < uControllers < SoCs

  3. Microprocessors (uP) differ from microcontrollers (uC) uP: suited to contro of I/O devices requiring a minimum component count uC: suited to processing information in computer systems Instruction sets:      uP: processing intensive           powerful addressing modes           instructions to perform complex operations & manipulate large volumes of data           processing  capability of MCs never approaches those of MPs           large instructions -- e.g., 80X86 7-byte long instructions     uC: cater to control of inputs and outputs           instructions to set/clear bits           boolean operations (AND, OR, XOR, NOT, jump if a bit is set/cleared), etc.           Extremely compact instructions, many implemented in one byte                 (Control program must often fit in the small, on-chip ROM) Hardware & Instructionset support:           uC: built-in I/O operations, event timing, enabling & setting up priority levels           for interrupts caused by external stimuli           uP: usually require external circuitry to do similar things (e.g, 8255 PPI, 8259 etc)

  4. Microprocessors (uP) and microcontrollers (uC) Bus widths:      uP: very wide           large memory address spaces (>4 Gbytes)           lots of data (Data bus: 32, 64, 128 bits wide)     uC: narrow           relatively small memory address spaces (typically kBytes)           less data (Data bus typically 4, 8, 16 bits wide) Clock rates:      uP very fast (> 1 GHz)      uC: Relatively slow (typically 10-20 MHz)           since most I/O devices being controlled are relatively slow Cost:      uP's expensive (often > $100)      uCs cheap (often $1 - $10)           4-bit:  < $1.00           8-bit:  $1.00 - $8.00          16-32-bit:  $6.00 - $20.00

  5. System-on-a-chip Compare to lab-on-a-chip ideas

  6. Example: PSoC (Cypress)

  7. Simplest project ever: Minority Report Mouse control (Tom Cruise’s science fiction is not that futuristic?)

  8. Simplified schematic

  9. Example of circuit • Notice the processor/controller • What does it do?

  10. Can you guess what this circuit does?

  11. Complex Impedance Measurements

  12. Applications of this circuit?

  13. Heart Sound Analyzer, first draft:proof of concept

  14. Schematics of HSA

  15. GUI (in LabView)

  16. Now with a microcontroller • How can you use a microcontroller to make a similar project? • What would you change? • Where would you compromise?

  17. Find the microcontroller…

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